Manufacturing facility and method
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKei Kishida, Takehiro Yamada, Hiroaki Yoshitomi, Kazuhiko Terai, Koichiro Hayashi, Tsuyoshi Okada, Shotaro Suzuki
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Abstract
A multi-story manufacturing facility includes a movement mechanism configured to move, to a second story above a first story, a main body of an aircraft assembled on the first story, and after one or more components have been attached to the main body on the second story, move, to a third story above the second story, the main body with the one or more components attached.
Claims11
A multi-story manufacturing facility comprising a movement mechanism configured to:
- move, to a second story above a first story, a main body of an aircraft assembled on the first story;
- and
- after one or more components have been attached to the main body on the second story, move, to a third story above the second story, the main body with the one or more components attached,
- wherein the movement mechanism is configured to move the aircraft to a rooftop story, after the aircraft has been inspected on a top story.
A method of assembling an aircraft in a multi-story manufacturing facility, the method comprising:
- assembling a main body of the aircraft on a first story;
- moving, by a moving mechanism, the main body to a second story above the first story;
- attaching one or more components to the main body on the second story;
- moving, by the moving mechanism, to a third story above the second story, the main body with the one or more components attached;
- and
- moving, by the moving mechanism, the aircraft to a rooftop story, after the aircraft has been inspected on a top story.
A multi-story manufacturing facility comprising a movement mechanism configured to:
- move, to a second story above a first story, a main body of an aircraft assembled on the first story;
- and
- after one or more components have been attached to the main body on the second story, move, to a third story above the second story, the main body with the one or more components attached,
- wherein a floor with an opening is provided on the second story,
- wherein the movement mechanism is configured to move the main body to the second story through the opening in the second story,
- wherein another floor with an opening is provided on the third story,
- wherein the movement mechanism is configured to move, to the third story through the opening in the third story, the main body with the one or more components attached,
- wherein the opening in the second story is shaped according to a shape of the main body, and
- wherein the opening in the third story is larger than the opening in the second story, and is shaped according to a shape of the main body with the one or more components attached.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.